> [!summary]- Classification **Kingdom**:: [Animalia](Animalia.md) **Phylum**:: [Cnidaria](Cnidaria.md) **Subphylum**:: [Anthozoa](Anthozoa.md) **Superclass**:: **Class**:: [Octocorallia](Octocorallia.md) **Subclass**:: **Superorder**:: **Order**:: [Alcyonacea](Alcyonacea.md) **Suborder**:: Holaxonia **Superfamily**:: **Family**:: Gorgoniidae **Subfamily**:: **Genus**:: Eunicella **Species**:: E. singularis **Vernacular**:: White gorgonian ## Photos ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1698270217/obsidian/Mediterran%C3%A9e/2023-07-30%20-%20Pointe%20de%20Seneyrolles%20w%20Jennifer/P7300153_helyfy.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1698270217/obsidian/Mediterran%C3%A9e/2023-07-30%20-%20Pointe%20de%20Seneyrolles%20w%20Jennifer/P7300153_helyfy.jpg) *[137 - 2023-07-30 - Pointe de Seneyrolles - La Ciotat - France](137%20-%202023-07-30%20-%20Pointe%20de%20Seneyrolles%20-%20La%20Ciotat%20-%20France.md) - With some [Padina spp.](Padina%20spp..md) around.* ## Notes A common gorgonian, photophyle, that can support sediments. We can see them from 5 meters. It can be recognized because of its color, of course, but also because of the parallelism of its branches. It shelter a specific gastropoda, looking like the caraibean money, basicaly a sea slug with a shell, the [Simnia spelta](https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Simnia-spelta-Simnie-blanche-310). ## References - https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Eunicella-singularis-Gorgone-blanche-239 - [Découvrir la vie sous-marine - Méditerranée - Steven Weinberg](Découvrir%20la%20vie%20sous-marine%20-%20Méditerranée%20-%20Steven%20Weinberg.md) p198